Back In Time

By The Herald

Published 1:00 pm, Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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Oct. 3, 1941: About $80 is needed for a power mower for Plainview Cemetery Association. A total of $12 was received at the Herald today - $5 each from W. Holbrook and G.R. Street and $2 from Pete Smith.

•Heavy flooding around Wichita Falls is delaying rail traffic here. A passenger train from Fort Worth, due at 10:39 last night didn't arrive until 3 a.m., and a freight, due at 7:15 a.m., isn't expected until this afternoon.

•Miss Margaret Harris of Leland, Miss., is new director of religious education at First Baptist Church, said pastor L.B. Reavis.

Oct. 3, 1971: About 50 people attended the Central Plains College/Seth Ward College Ex-Students Reunion Banquet at the Hilton Hotel and viewed the historical marker to be erected outside the First United Methodist Church sanctuary. Guest speaker was Dr. William Pearce of Fort Worth, the first baby born in the college dormitory, and his mother, Mrs. Will Pearce of Hereford.

•Twirlers for the Olton High School band are Alana Hamill, Sabrina Pollard, Denise Myers and Carla Moses. Drum major is Donna Muller. All five are sophomores.

•C.E. McSwain, president of Citizens Theatre Co., has opened the Astro Drive-In Theatre at 1520 S. Broadway. The facility will accommodate 500 cars.

Oct. 2, 1981: Shele Morris of Floydada has been selected Miss Mackenzie 1982 at the pageant in Silverton. First runner-up is Melanie Sturgess of Tulia. Lupe Garcia of Silverton is second runner-up.

Oct. 3, 1991: Plainview High School seniors Imo Jean Tune, Jo Beth Thompson and Dustin Wayne have been named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program.

•The Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary Post 5399 presented a new American flag to Heritage Home to replace its old flag. Auxiliary President Essie Ware gave the flag to nursing home resident John McKallip, a World War I veteran, who in turn gave it to Leo Baxter, special services officer, to hoist aloft.